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Owned by the concern «Chemicalin Le-Yisrael» company «Mifalei Yam a-Melachim» («Plants of the Dead sea») has signed a contract with Dutch company Holland Dredging Shallow Seas on the first phase of the project to collect salt in the pool room 5 by the evaporation of potassium.

In connection with the settling of salt on the bottom of the pool, the water level has increased by 20 centimeters a year, and is already threatening the flooding of basements located on the shores of hotels.

The cost of the contract is 1 billion shekels, and the total cost of the project for the protection of the Dead sea hotels from flooding of 7 billion shekels. 80% of this amount will pay «Chemicalin Le-Yisrael», the rest of the state.

«Chemicalin Le-Israel» signed a contract for the collection of salt for the salvation of hotels in Dead sea 31.10.2017